Europe strikes: is austerity the answer? (Part 2)

In Europe, with all governments taking a belt-tightening attitude towards sorting out the financial crisis, and with workers taking to the streets across the Continent, is austerity the real solution?

Ali FATEMI, Professor, American Graduate School of Business and Economics
Alfio CERAMI, Research Associate, Centre for European Studies, Sciences Po Paris
Moncef CHEIKH-ROUHOU, Professor of International Finance, Paris
Markus KERBER, Professor of Political Economics, Technische Universität, Berlin

Host of the show since 2010, this Franco-American was RFI’s West Africa bureau chief from 1995 to 1998. He plays it straight on all issues, except for les Bleus in rugby and ice hockey’s New York Rangers!

ANNETTE YOUNGPresenter

Originally from Australia, she is a senior journalist and presenter who has reported from Europe, Asia and the Middle East. When not fronting the network’s new show on women’s issues, she is a news anchor and an international affairs commentator.

CYRIL VANIERJournalist

A bilingual law graduate, he joined France 24 in 2006. After several years reporting on major international stories, he now presents the news and The Debate on both the French and English channels.